Get a Facebook video transcript
Paste a Facebook video URL above and the spoken audio comes back as timestamped text. Facebook does auto-generate captions for a lot of native uploads, but presence is inconsistent in practice — and video cross-posted from another platform very often arrives without whatever captions it originally had.
Captioning tends to matter more here than raw caption-availability numbers suggest, because Facebook feed video has historically autoplayed muted. Business Pages and ad creative are the heaviest users of the format, and a viewer scrolling past with the sound off is reading, not listening. A transcript is both the caption file for that and the raw text for repurposing the video into a post.
- Covers the platform's range: short feed clips, long Page uploads, and Live replays running an hour or more.
- Works on cross-posted video that lost its original captions on the way in.
- SRT or VTT export for a caption track on muted-autoplay feed video.
- TXT or Markdown export for turning a Live replay into a written recap.
Captions on Facebook, as they actually are
Facebook auto-generates captions for a lot of native uploads, but feed video has historically autoplayed muted, so caption presence is inconsistent — and video cross-posted from another platform frequently loses its original captions in the process.
- Typical length
- Ranges widely: short feed clips, longer creator/Page uploads, and Live replays that can run an hour or more.
- URL shape
- facebook.com/watch/?v=...
What you're doing with the transcript
The export format and the workflow both depend on what the text is for. These go into detail for Facebook specifically:
- Facebook video to SRT and VTT subtitles
Turning a transcript into a subtitle file for an editor or a web player.
- Turn a Facebook video into a blog post or ad script
Turning one video into a blog post, thread, or newsletter section without rewriting it from memory.
- Caption a Facebook video for accessibility
Making video usable for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers and for screen-reader users.
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The free tier includes 15 minutes of video a month, transcripts in the language spoken, and TXT/SRT/VTT/Markdown/JSON export — enough to run a Facebook video through and judge the output before committing to anything.